Combined shade and curtain roller support.



No; 827,826. PATENTED AUG. 7, 1906. J. STOEGKLEIN & J. G. TURNER.

COMBINATION SHADE AND CURTAIN ROLLER SUPPORT.

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COMBINED SHADE AND CURTAIN ROLLER SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 7, 1906.

Application filed April 2 0, 1906. Serial No. 312.755;

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Be it known that we, J osn'rn SToEoxLErN and JOHN C. TURNER, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombination Shade and Curtain Roller Supports and we do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsto-make and use the same, reference being had to the ac companyingdrawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

Our invention relates to new and useful improvements in combinationwindow shade and curtain supports, and possesses the novel andadvantageous features hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide a shade and curtain supportwhich has a broad range of adjustment of the parts supporting the shadeand curtainrollers, thereby enabling the device to become a permanentwindowfixture. Thisobviates the necessity or possibility of defacing thewindow-frame by bor ing holes in various parts thereof for the attachment of roller-brackets, as is commonly the practice.

Preceding a detail description of the invention, reference is made tothe accompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 is an elevation of theupper portion of a windowframe having our rollersupports appliedthereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one endof the shade-roller, which has the round journal. Fig. 4 is a similarview of the other end having the square journal. Fig. 5 is a detailsection on the line a: as of Fig. 4. Fig. 6, Sheet 2, is an elevation ofa modified form of roller-supports. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of saidmodified form. Fig. 8 is a detail sectional view of the modified form.Fig. 9 is a perspective detail view of the modified form.

In a detail description of the invention, similar reference charactersindicate corresponding parts.

1 designates the window-frame; 2 and 3, the curtain and shade rollers,respectively, which are supported on adjustable supports comprising twobrackets 5, attached to the window-frame on each side and having arms 5,which terminate in sockets 10, which receive longitudinally-adjustablerods 4 and 5. These rods are moved to the desired po= sitions in thesockets 10 to accommodate the length of shade-roller 3 and are then madetight by binding-screws 6, which penetrate said socket portions. One ofthe rods-for example, rod 5has around socket 53 in its end whichreceives the round journal 13 of the shade-roller 3, and the other ofsaid rods to wit, rod 4has a square socket 4, which receives the squarejournal 12 of the shade= roller.

In order to enable the rods 4 and 5 to sup port lengths of shade-rollersin excess of the longitudinal adjustments of said rods in their sockets10, we provide additional arms 7 7, which are connected to said rods 4and 5 on the outside of the sockets 10. These supporting-arms 7 aredesigned to support a maximum length of shade-roller, and they arerigidly secured to said rods 4 and 5 and project out a substantialdistance beyond the sockets 10 to enable the journals of the shaderollerto engage them. One of these arms 7 has a square opening 11 in its endto receive the square journal of the shade-roller, and the other of saidarms has a round opening to receive the round journal 13 of saidshaderoller. tudinally-movable supporting-rods 4 and 5 have a veryconsiderable length of adjustment and are cap able of supporting theshaderoller on either side of the sockets 10.

8 designates the supporting-arms for the curtain-roller 2. These armsare likewise supported in the rods 4 and 5 in an adjustable manner byslitting the ends of said rods, as at 9, and inserting the arms 8therein and binding the same in their adjusted positions bybinding-screws 9. The arms 8 reach upwardly and terminate in curvatures8, which receive the ends of the curtain-roller. The lengths of the arms8 8 are regulated by means of the binding-screws 9.

The modified form shown on Sheet 2 possesses the same adjustablecapacity, both for the shaderoller 3 and the curtain-roller 2. Thismodified form consists of two longitudinally-adjustable plates 15, whichplates are secured to opposite points of the windowframe by means ofguide-studs 17, which pass loosely through elongated slots 16 in saidplates. Also passing through said slots 16 are binding-screws 18, whichsecure the plates 15 in their adjusted positions. The inner ends of saidplates 15 are turned outwardly in flanges 19, one of which has a It willthus be seen that the longiplates 15 have secured to them thesupporting-arms 20, which support the curtain-roller 2 and areadjustable by means of bindingscrews 22.

It will be observed that both forms of the device are common in theiressential charac teristics, in that they both carry upon the supportingmembers for the shade-rollers socket-supports for said shade-rollers,which lie on both sides of the binding-screws, and

they both carry on their extreme outer ends supportingarms for thecurtain-rollers, which are adjustable.

We claim 1'. In a combination window shade and curtain roller support,longitudinally-adjustable supports having means consisting ofbinding-screws to hold said supports rigidly in position, said supportshaving means on their inner ends for engaging the journals of theshade-roller, additional means on the outer ends of said supports forengaging the journals of shade-rollers which are longer than those whichmay be supported on the inner ends of said supports, and arms supportedon the outer ends of said supports for olding the curtain-roller, saidarms being adjustable at right angles to the shade-roller supports uponwhich they are mounted.

2. In a combination shade and curtain roller support,longitudinally-adjustable supporting members, binding-screws to locksaid supporting members in positions to support a shade-roller, socketson the inner ends of said members adapted to receive the journals of ashade-roller, and arms mounted in the outer ends of said supportingmembers to support a curtain-roller, said arms having an adjust ableconnection in the ends of said supporting members at right angles tosaid supporting members.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

JOSEPH STOECKLEIN. JOHN C. TURNER.

Witnesses:

R. J. MoOARTY, C. M. THEOBALD.

